Data Platform Engineer: Scalable Pipelines & Governance

Volvo Car Germany GmbH

Göteborgs kommun

On-site

SEK 700,000 - 1,100,000

Full time

37 hours ago

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Job summary

Volvo Cars is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to enable a robust data platform for our Software Factory. You will build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, ensure data is accessible and governed, and collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to turn data needs into reliable solutions.

You will work with Dagster or Airflow, Snowflake, lakehouse tech (Iceberg/Delta/Hudi), and shepherd data contracts and quality across the CI/CD pipeline, while promoting best-practice data management

Qualifications

MSc in CS or equivalent practical experience.
Strong Python and SQL skills.
Experience building data pipelines with orchestration tools (Dagster or Airflow).
Hands-on Snowflake and lakehouse tech (Iceberg, Delta Lake, or Hudi).
Knowledge of data modelling and dbt.
Experience with data cataloguing and governance tools like Snowflake Open Catalog, Unity Catalog, or Polaris.
Cloud platform experience, preferably Azure, incl. Blob Storage and Entra ID.
Experience deploying data services with Kubernetes, Helm, Docker.
Familiarity with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions).
Experience with Grafana for monitoring and observability.
Experience in agile environments (Scrum/Kanban/SAFe).

Responsibilities

Design and maintain the end-to-end data platform, including ingestion, Apache Iceberg lakehouse storage, Dagster orchestration, and Snowflake warehousing.
Build reusable ingestion frameworks for onboarding new data sources.
Evolve lakehouse table formats, schemas, and governance.
Define and enforce data contracts, service-level agreements, and quality standards.
Monitor pipelines, data quality, and infrastructure health.
Deliver data solutions for analytics and product use cases with cross-functional teams.
Deploy and operate data infrastructure using Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps, and CI/CD.
Document architecture, governance, and onboarding to support self-service data use.
Evaluate technologies that improve platform capabilities.

Skills

Python

SQL

Dagster

Airflow

Snowflake

Iceberg/Delta/Hudi

dbt

Snowflake Open Catalog

Unity Catalog

Polaris

Azure Cloud

Blob Storage

Entra ID

Kubernetes

Helm

Docker

GitHub Actions

Grafana

Scrum/Kanban/SAFe

Education

MSc in CS/Software Eng

Tools

Dagster

Airflow

Snowflake

Apache Iceberg

Delta Lake

Hudi

dbt